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FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKES
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 9, 1946 – August 9, 1967
Service recordFrancis Albert Rochkes, of Pana, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 97
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Pana, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 97
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- GEORGE FRANK SODAITISFirst Lieutenant · August 9, 1967
- ROBERT ACQUINN THOMPSONCaptain · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 93
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOEL DAVID FENDLEYCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 95
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- ROBERT JAMES MAXWELLSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 96
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 97
From Pana
- WILLIAM RICHARD MARYFIELDSergeant · March 14, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MCKENNAPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.